Machine for treating blankets or fabrics



auly 31, 192s. 1,679,255

J. MCREARY ET AL CHINE FOR TREATING BLANKETS OR FABRICS Filed Sept. 4. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 July 31, 192s.

l J. MccREARY ET AL MACHINE FOR TREAI'ING BLANKETS OR FABRICS Filed Sept. 4, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 514m n fox Patented July 31, 19253.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT orifice.

JOHN MOC'REARY .AND EDWARD J. MCCREARY, 0F COHES, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR TREATING BLANKETS R FABRICS.

Application sied september i4., 1925. serial no. 54,470.

This inve tion relates to machines for treating blan ets and other fabrics to give them a desirable and advantageous "nish.

The present invention relates to novel iinprovcments on the machines disclosed by Patents Nos. 1,400,446; 1,511,896 and 1,544,-

466, respectively granted December 13, 1921,

October 14. 1924, and June 30, 1925.

The development of this class of machines i0 involving the present features of improvement, provides, amongl other features of novelty and advantage, for a com lete treatment of one side of, the entire lanket or other fabric surface in a uniform manner by a single operation. In treating blankets or fabrics in some machines of this type as heretofore used, a portion or portions of the blanket or fabric lack the same degree of desirable treatment relatively to the remaining portions thereof and require further treatment to effect a uniform, finally treated product, with obvious delay and commercially disadvantageously expense in arriving at the result sought. This incomplete treatment feature of 'prior machines has been largely due to laxity or looseness of the extremity of the blanket or fabric passing from the main brushing or napping cylinder or element when released from the feeding means and causin onlyya partial engagement with the brus ing o r napping means. Moreover, the incomplete treatment of the blanket or fabric has also been due to too loose engagement with the delivery means for the blanket or fabric from the treating means.

In the present machine means are provided for holding the blanket or fabric throughout its entire length equally inengagement with the main brushing or treating element, so that when the blanket or fabriois treated by the machine, the delivered product will be evenly and regularly completed in its treatment.

Other important incidental lfeatures of improvement and the invention generally will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a machine embodying the features of the invention and showing the enclosing casings removed.

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 of the opposite end of the machine, showing the upper e5 casing in part applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line3-3, Fig. 5.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 44--4, Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the machine, showing the casiiigs removed to disclose the various mechanisms.

In the accompanying drawin s a. form of frame or supporting means an operating mechanism are shown for the purpose of illustrating one practical adaptation of the invention. It lwill be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the exact type or construction of frame, casin or support or to a precise arrangement o operating mechanism for the various elements, as the frame or casing and operating mechamsm are subject to wide variation in general contour and dimensions as well as equivalent features' well known in the art of machines of this type and mechanism generally without in the least departing from the spirit of the invention.

The numeral 5 designates the frame of the machine, having an upper horizontal top portion 6 and the usual supporting, bracing and other structural accessories. At the front of the top portion of the frame feeding means is located and in the present instance consists of the well known feeding beltorganization 7. This feeding means, however, may be replaced by any analogous structure that will function in the same manner, it only being necessary to provide means for regularly guiding a blanket or fabric to be treated to the mechanism of the machine. In rear of the feeding means or belt organization as shown are upper and' lower feeding rolls 8 and 9, the upper roll 8 being mounted in suitable bearing means 10 for effecting a downward movement thereof relatively to, and in normal close engagement with, the lower roll 9. `The feeding means as shown specifically comprises a series of maining mechanism. At a suitable distance in rear of the feed rolls 8 and 9 are longitudinally adjustable bearings 17, which are arranged to be shifted by a screw rod 18 mounted in suitable bearing devices 19 and 19a and having on the rear end thereof a worm 2O meshing with a worm gear 21 on a shaft 22 in the rear upper portion of the frame, the worm gear 22 in turn meshing with a complemental worm gear 23 for operating adjustable shaft means 24, whereby the bearin s 17 may be regularly shifted or adjusted, flic screw rod or shaft 18 projecting through to the front at one end of the machine and having a suitable crank handle, as at 18, for rotating the same and the worm and worm gearing to effect the adjustment of the bearings 17 as specified. In the bearings 17 a shaft 25 is rotatably mounted and carries a wire or other suitable brush or napping cylinder 26 of suitable dimensions. The brush or napping cylinder 26 is shiftable towards and rearwardly from the machine through the medium of the adjustable bearings 17 and the rod 18 carrying the worm 2O and the worm wheels and shafts controlled by the operation of the said rod. The brush or napping cylinder 26 is disposed in cooperative adjacency to the feed rolls 8 and 9, as clearly shown by Fig. 3, and' between these feed rolls and particularly between the lower roll 9 and the brush or napping cylinder 26, a pressure bar 27 is mounted and has adjusting arms 28 extending downwardly from the lower edge thereof in slight curves and then forwardly in longitudinally straight Shanks 29, which are screw-threaded and adjustably passed through the upper extremities of upright bracket members 30 having bent securing portions 31 applied to a supporting rail 32 extending lengthwise of the machine frame or between the ends of the latter. The screw-threaded stems 29 have adjusting nuts 33 and 34 engaging the same on opposite sides of the member 30, and by shifting these nuts on the said screw-threaded stems, the bar may be adjusted either forwardly or baekwardly. This pressure bar 27 is somewhat similar in its cross sectional contour to that disclosed in Patent No. 1,400,446, hereinbefore noted, but any other form of bar adapted for the purpose may be used. The bar 27 is held a suitable distance in advance of the brush or napping cylinder 26 and is preferably of concave-convex form in cross section with the convex side 35 thereot` facing the cylinder 26 and the thicker portion of the bar located towards the lower edge, or, in other words, the bar gradually diminishes in thickness towards the upper ed e. Below the wire brush or napping cylin 'er 26 a combined east-ofi and delivery organization is mounted and comprises an upper shaft 36 having thereon a suitable roll structure 37 provided at regular spaced intervals with bru 'h units 38, which have at least touching engagementwith the bristles` of the brush cylinder 26, as shown by Figs. 3 and 4. The roll 37 extends the full length of the machine and is mounted in advance of the lower central portion of the brush or napping cylinder 26, the shaft 36 being mounted in suitable bearings 39 carried by bearing brackets 40, adjustably held by supporting frame bars 4l having slots 42 extending longitudinally thereof and engaged by adjusting means 43 carried by the brackets, and whereby the said roll may be shifted forwardly or rearwardly as may be found necessary. On the front upright end menibers 44 of the frame opposite bearings 45 are mounted for a shaft 46 carrying a roll organization 47, the shaft 46 and roll organization 47 extending fully across the front of the machine as shown by Fig. 5. A plurality of endless belts 48 are trained over the roll structure 37 and the roll or 1anization 47, the said belts engaging t e roll structure 37 between the brush units 38 and also passing around an idler roll 49 within the body ot' the machine, to maintain these belts under aroper tension. The idler tension roll 49 is held by a shaft 49 mounted in end bearings 49b held by brackets 49, adjustable in slotted end frame members 41 to modify the tension of the belts 48. Above the bearings 45 on the front of the machine adjustable, forwardly projecting bearing brackets 50 are secured and have mounted therein a shaft or rod 51 carrying at intervals rollers 52 which engage a part of the endless belts 48 above and adjacent to the roll means or structure 47, there being suflicient yielding action between the rollers 52, which are free to rotate on the shaft or rod 51, to maintain a frictional engagement with the blanket or fabric passing down over the belts 48. The shaft or rod 51 and the rollers 52 are not driven, what motion the fnid rollers have being imparted thereto by the belts 48 and the blanket or fabric passing between the said belts and rollers. These rollers are rotated from right to left or in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1, iu view of the fact that the outer portions of the belts 48 have a downward direction of movement. The shaft or rod 51 is of coniparatively small diameter and has suliicieut vielding tension to permit a slight movement l thereof and the rollers 52 carried thereby towards and outwardly from the belts 48, to cause the rollers 52 to exert a desirable downward close engaging bearing with relation to the blanket or fabric which has been completed in its treatment and is moved outwardly and downwardly over the belts 48. These rollers 52 hold the treated fabric close to a central group of the belts near the delivery terminations of the latter and at a oint where retention of the fabrics relative y to the belts is weakened so that the fabric is held throughout its entire length no matter how much of the fabric has passed from the belts to thereby evenly deliver the fabric without slipping. The rollers are separated and the separate rollers 52 engage a minimum portion of the treated surface of the fabric with material advantages in preserving t-he raised nap. Below and fitted up close to the brush or nap ing cylinderv 26 and the roll structure 37 wit its brush units 38 is a suction trou h 53, which extends full length under the said cylinder 26 and is supported longitudinally of the frame by a rear member 54, which is approximately on a level with the front member or rail 32. The rear upper end of the suction trough 53 is secured to the member 54 and has an upstanding guard 55 projecting upwardly from the latter member at a slight rearward angle of inclination. The upper terminal or throat of the trough 53 is open and has a throat plate 56 extending downwardly at a rear angle of inclination into the upper portion or throat of the said trough, the upper forward extremity of the throat plate 56 being mounted over and extending downwardly at an angle close to the brush units 38, which are in touching relation to the bristles of the brush or napping cylinder 26, At the bottom of the trough 53 inwardly projecting, opposed suction conduits 57 and 58 extend downwardly and inwardly to opposed suction fans. 59 and 60 mounted in the rear portion of the frame on a bed or bottom plate 61. The suction fans are provided with rearwardly projecting outlets 61, there being two of these outlets 1n connection with each fan and' adapted to have bags or similar flexible receptacles applied thereover to receive the lint, dust and dirt drawn into and discharged by the fans.

In front of the fans 59 and 60 is a longitudinal jack shaft 62, which is mounted at its inner extremity in a bearing 63 secured to a front longitudinal frame member 64,'

as clearly shown by Figs. 3 and 5, the said jack shaft at its opposite end being mounted in a suitable bearing 65 held by the end upright member 44 of the frame and continuing through the adjacent end of the latter and provided with a belt pulley 67 on the end thereof. The jack shaft 62 is driven from an electric motor 68, also mounted on the base or bed plate 61 ofthe machine frame, through the medium of a suitable chain belt 69 engaging a sprocket 70 on the jack shaft and also a corresponding'sprocket 7l on the armature shaft 72 of the motor 68, as shown in dotted lines by Fig.,3 and partially in full lines by Fig. 5. The belt pulley 67 has a flexible belt 73 trained thereover and also over a larger belt pulley 74 on the projecting end of the shaft 25 of the brush or napping cylinder 26. On the right end of the machine frame a lever 75 is p1votally mounted and extends upwardly to the top of the machine and has an angular socket extremity 76 in which is fitted the lower end of an upwardly projecting handle or grip means 77. Secured to the intermediate portion of the lever 75 is a link strap or connection 78 extending rearwardly and attached to a fulcrumed arm or lever 79 having its lower end adjustably mounted in the slot of the frame member 4l and provided at its upper end with a roller 80 in engagement with the rear portion of the belt 73, the said roller 80 with the parts just specified constituting a belt tightener, and through the actuation of the lever 75 the operation of the machine as a whole may be readily controlled. The advantage of this articular construction, or driving directly rom the jackshaft 62 to the brush or napping cylinder 26, provides for stopping all of the mechanism of the machine through the cessation of operation of the brush or napping cylinder. This cessation of operation of the brush or nappin cylinder ensues when the lever 75 is pushe rearwardly and releases the roller 80 from pressure contact with relation to the portion of the belt 73 with which it is adapted to engage, and when the belt is thus released, it will run slack without any driving force and the brush or napping cylinder together with the remaining parts will immediately cease to operate. Conversely, when the roller 80 is thrown into pressure contact with the portion of the belt 7 3 with which it engages by drawing the lever 75 forwardly, the mechanism is instantly started. The roller 80 and its lever or arm 79 are moved forwardly through the actuation of the lever 75 and the connection 7 8 against the resistance of a spring 81 attached to the frame and to the arm or lever 79, as shown by Fig. 1. The lever 75 also carries a locking dog 82 on the outer side of the upper portion thereof adjacent the angular socket 7 6, said dog operating in conjunction with a ratchet plate 83- {ixed to the top portion of the frame, and whereby the said lever 75 is locked in its adjusted position or when pulled outwardly through the handle or grip means 77. The dog 82 has a releasing tail or forwardly projecting member 84 that may be readily depressed by the operator when it is desired to force the lever 7 5 rearwardly to disengage the roller 8O from the belt 73. The arm or lever 79 is adjustable in the frame member 41a to vary the position thereof relatively to the belt 73 as maybe found necessary in the operation of the mechanism.

On the end of the shaft 25 of the brush or napping cylinder 26 opposite that carrying the belt pulley 75, or at the left end o f the machine, a sprocket wheel 85 is secured and is en aged by an endless chain belt 86, which is a so trained around a large driving s rocket 87 held on a stub shaft 88 in a suitable bearing 89 supported from the frame, and on the same shaft 88 is a smaller s rocket wheel 90, which is engaged by a cliain belt 91 extending upwardly and forwardly and also engaging a somewhat larger sprocket wheel 92 carried by a stub shaft 93, also having a gear 94 secured thereto and held in continual mesh with a larger gear 95 associated with one end of the shaft of the lower feed roll 9 and with a gear 96 of suitable dimensions mounted on a stub shaft 97 and also having thereon a sprocket wheel 98, over which is trained a chain belt 99, runnin upwardly and forwardly to a sprocket w ieel 100 on the one end of the shaft 13 of the outer roller 12 which operates the belts 11 of the feeding means. This outer roller 12 is mounted in suitable adjustable bearing means 12", as shown by Fig. 1, and whereby the tension of the belts 11 may be regulated as may be necessary. On the shaft 88 inside of the sprocket wheel 87 a smaller sprocket wheel 101 is mounted and is engaged by a chain belt 102, which also extends upwardly and engages a sprocket wheel 103, mounted on a shaft 104 adjustable in the slot of the frame member 41. On the shaft 104 a second sprocket wheel 105, of less diameter than the sprocket wheel 103, is mounted and engaged by a chain belt 106, which is also trained over a sprocket Wheel 107 on the end of the shaft 36 of the roll structure or roll 37 providing the upper operatin element of the cast-off and delivery organization. The chain belt 102 is regulable as to its tautness by a belttightening roller 108 carried at the free extremity of an arm or lever 109, also adjustable in the slotted frame member 41, as clearly shown by Fig. 4.

From the foregoing and as hereinbefore indicated, it will be seen that all of the driving mechanism is primarily actuated from .the shaft 25 of the brush or napping cylinder 2 6, which is an intermediate motion transmitting means between the said operating gears or driving mechanism and the jack shaft 62 which is driven from the motor 68, and as a consequence, when the belt 73 is slackened through rearward actuation 0r movement of the lever 75, the entire mechanism will be stopped or cease to run, and. conversely, when the said lever 7 5 is moved forwardly to bring the roller 80 into tightening engagement with relation to the belt 73, all of the operating mechanism including the several working elements of the improved machine are setI in motion. This is a very advantageous feature in that the machine as an entirety may be controlled as to its operation from one oint.

It will be understood t at the blankets or fabrics treated may differ in thickness, and the adjustment of the bearing devices for the shaft 25 of the brush or napping cylinder 26 is for this purpose. To arrive at some deliniteadjustment, the forwardly projecting rod or shaft 18 has a worm 110 thereon which cooperates with the driving mechanism of a dial 111 having suspending means from the frame, as at 112, adjacent the crank handle 18, an indicator or pointer 113 being movable over the dial and actuated throug the worm 110 to travel over the upper face of the dial. This dial will be calibrated to represent various thicknesses of material, and by rotating the rod or shaft 18, proper adjustment as to the thickness of the blanket or fabric may be readily made. The improved machine also has the well known form of safety attachment, electrically con trollcd, as at 114, to prevent injury to the hands ot' an operator, this provision being made in accordance with the requirements of State laws as to protection of operatives. 1t is proposed to use any well known and appropriate device for this purpose, the same standing in advance of the feed rolls 8 and 9 and provided with a depending rocking frame 115, which is engaged in the event the hands of the operator are drawn inwardly too far and in danger of being caught between the feed rolls. This device forms no part of the present invention and is referred to simply as a part of the coulplete equipment of the machine.

It will also be seen that the frame members 41lx are vertically adjustable through the medium of slots 116 in the end uprights or vertical supports of the end frame elcments and engaged by setI bolts or analogous devices 117, which cooperate with the end guide structure 118 of the frame members 41". In the longitudinal slot of the frame member 41a the bearing means or bearing support or pedestal 89 is adjustably mounted and held by clamping bolts 89, to primarily regulate the tension on the chain belt 102, and this adjustment in accordance with the tightening idler 108 insures a. positive driving action as may be required of the upper roll structure or roll 37 constituting the upper main member of the cast-off and delivery organization, which receives the treated blanket or fabric and delivers the same outwardly through the front of the machine into a suitable trough 119, which extends over the front of the machine. In Fig. 5 this trough is shown removed as well as other parts of the casing, so as to illustrate the operating devices with clearness. It will be understood that the entire mechanism will be encased or covered by metal sheathing at all points found necessary, which will be separately attached for convenience in reaching the mechanism in the event of repair or other manipulation. The upper front porllO tion of the machine .is also rovided with a' guard rod or hand rail 120,` eld by suitable end brackets or sup orting means 121, secured to the front o theframe and serving .as a means for engagement of the blanket "or fabric treated below the 'feeding means embodyingv the feeding belt organization 7, to maintain the` blanket or fabric in an advantageous position when fed into the machine for treatment. l

In the operation of the improved machine, a blanket or fabric is disposed on the preliminary feeding means or belt organization 7 and passed in between the feed rolls 8 and 9, which are so rot-ated as to insure an indrawing of the blanket or fabric towards the brush or napping cylinder 26 as hereinbefore indicated. Owing to theforward direction of rotation of the brush or napping cylinder 26, the blanket or fabric will be carried downwardly to the rear of and over the bar 27, as shown by'Fig. 3, and saidV bar will press the blanket or fabric in close contact with the bristles of the cylinder. From the lower rear portion of the edge of the bar 27 the blanket or fabric will be passed downwardly over the brush units 38 of the roll structure 37 and then downwardly over the belts 48 to and under the rollers 52 and be discharged over the roll organization 47 into the trough or receptacle 119. The rollers 52 hold the treated blanket or fabric in close contact with the belts 48 and insure a regular or positive feed of the blanket or fabric downwardly over the said cast-off and delivery organization. The brush units 38 hold the blanket or fabric well up close to the bar 27, or confine the blanket within a minimized space between the brush or napping cylinder 26, the units 38and bar 27 and insure a passage of the treated blanket or fabric directly onto the belts 48 without any tendency to move rearwardly around with the brush or napping cylinder 26'. The brush units 38 also have a soft contact with the treated surface of the blanket or fabric and assist in maintainin the raised ile or fluff condition of the lanket or fa ric as pr uced by the brush or napping cylinder 26. The brush units 38 also coact y opposition to the bar 27 to insure, with the latter bar, a thorough and re ular treatment of the entire surface of the blanket or fabric, and when the rear end of the blanket or fabric is reached and passes the brush or napping cylinder, the said end or extremity is equally treated by being held up close to and in engagement with the brush or napping cylinder. By this means the blanket or fabric is uniformly finished or equally treated over the full extent of the side that may be brought into engagement with the cylinder 26 and 'there is no slip or speeded movement but, on the contrary, an equal delivery movement, partcularly in view of the engagement of the muere 52 with the'bianka or fabric in pass- 'ed by the operation just explained, it being `obvious thatthe blanket or fabric may be rewersed and similarly napped Without modifying the previously treated remaining side of the blanket or fabric.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the blanket or fabric treated or napped by the cylinder 26 'is directly delivered from the said cylinder downwardly and forwardly through the front of the machine into the trough or receptacle 119, and there is no. intermediate conveying means between the cylinder 26 and the cast-off or delivery organization. This constitutes an important feature, particularl with relation to the structure disclosed y Patent No. 1,544,466, hereinbefore noted. The improved mechanism hereinbefore described not only operates to completely and uniformly treat the blanket or fabric, but the treating operation is carried on with certainty and without liabilit of the least irregular movement of the bla et or fabric. The degree of pressure necessary to treat any particular kind of blanket or fabric may be easily regulated and furthermore, variations in thickness of the blanket or fabric may be accommodated by the adjusting means hereinbefore described.

What is claimed as new is:

le bags or receptacles 1. In a machine of the class specified, -a

brushing cylinder, means for feeding a fabric to and holding the fabric in close relation to the said cylinder for napping, delivery means for the treated fabric from the cylinder including downwardly inclined endless l belts for moving the treated fabric towards and out through the front of the machine, and yieldingly mounted rollers disposed over and bearing on said belts near the transverse center of the fabric and exerting downward prelsure on the fabric and the belts and actin as a holding means for the short length o fabric engaged thereby to" for moving the fabric towards and. out through the front of the machine, and yieldingly supported spaced rollers disposed over and bearing on a portion of sald belts near the transverse center of the fabric and exertin a downward yielding pressure on the fa ric and belts and acting as a holding and retention means relativel to the fabric when a short remaining len t of fabric engages the belts so that the fa ric may be regularly engaged practically its full length until entirely released, the said rollers rotating 1n the direction of movement of the belts and fabric by the belts and fabric, a minimized portion of the napped surface of the treated fabric being engaged by the rollers.

3. In a machine of the class specified, a

ibrushing cylinder, means for holding the fabric in engagement with the cylinder for napping treatment, downwardly and f orwardly Vinclined endless belts for deliverlng ,the treated fabric through the front of the 4machine, a relatively long and small diametered shaft mounted above and extending across the belts near the lower delivery ter minals of said belts, and loosely mounted rollers on said shaft, the tension of the shaft normally causing the rolls to resiliently bear upon a portion of said belts and the fabric when passing thereunder, whereby the treated fabric is held in retention with the belts 'practically its entire length.

4. In a machine of the class specified, a brushing c linder, means for feeding a fabric to and holding the same in close napping relation to the cylinder, downwardly inclined endless belts for delivering the treated fabric through and beyond the front of the machine, and separated, loosely mounted rollers disposed over and engaging the lower inclined discharge extremities of the said belts and set for resiliently and firmly bearing on the said belt extremities for holding the fabric passing under the rollers in positive association with said conveying means.

5. In a machine of the class specified, a brushing cylinder, means for feeding a fabric to and holding the same in close napping relation to the cylinder, downwardly and forwardly inclined conveying means for receiving the treated fabric thereon and comprising endless belts with lower delivery extremitles extended beyond the front of the machine and upper receiving extremities located adjacent to and in advance of the lower forward portion of the brushing cylinder, and a series of loosely mounted spaced rollers disposed over and engaging the central group only of said belts and spaced apart to engage only a part of said central group of belts and also to reduce the extent of engagement of the rollers with the napped surface of the fabric, said rollers being located adjacent to the lower delivery extremities of said belts.

6. In a machine of the class specified, the combination of a brushing cylinder, means for feeding a fabric to and holding the same in close napping relation to the brush devices of said cylinder, means for conveying the treated fabric directly from the brushing cylinder outwardly through the front of the machine, and a suction trough extending up to and operatively affecting the lower part of the cylinder' and having a rearwardly inclined guard at the top of the front wall of the trough and extending downwardly into the said trough.

7. In a machine of the class specified, the combination of the brushin c linder, means for feeding a fabric to andho ding the same in close napping relation to said cylinder, downwardly inclined conveying means for the treated fabric from the cylinder, said conveying means having the upper rear extremity thereof arranged adjacent to the forward lower portion o f the cylinder and the lower outer extremity thereof projected through and beyond the front of the machine for discharge purposes, the said conveying means having brush units at its upper extremity close to and engaging the brush devices of the cylinder, and a suction trough having an upper open extremity close to and in rear of the vertical center of the cylinder and also in rear of the upper extremity of the conveying means and brush units and provided with a rearwardly and downwardly inclined guard at the top of the front wall of the trough, the trough also having a rear wall with an upwardly extending supporting member above the top of the front wall of the trough.

8. In a machine of the class specified, a brushing cylinder having a shaft with a pulley thereon, means for feeding a fabric to the brushing cylinder and holding the fabric in close napping relation to the cylinder means for directly delivering the treated fabric from the forward lower portion of the cylinder downwardly at an angle and outwardly through the front of the machine, a motor with a driving shaft having motion transmitting devices between the same and the shaft of the cylinder, mechanism between the shaft of the cylinder and the means for delivering the treated fabric from the cylinder for actuating said deliverinff means, a jack shaft operatively associatet with the drive shaft and having a pulley, a belt which engages the pulley of the cylinder, and pulley of the jack shaft, and a shifting lever having a belt tensioning controlled thereby and which engages said belt for effecting a starting and stopping action of the entire mechanism through the means for driving the cylinder.

9. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a brushing cylinder and means for feeding a fabric thereto, of a cast off roll arranged below and in advance of and in cooperative relation to the said cylinder, a plurality of spaced belts with which said cast olie roll operates, and small frictional rolls arranged over and adjacent to portions of the belts adjacent to the point Where the fabric leaves the belts, said frictional rolls being mounted to be driven by the movement of the fabric and the belts thereunder and whereby the fabric is retained throughout its full len h in enga ement with the belts and equa ly treated y 'the brushing cylinder throughout its length.

10. In a machine of the class specied, the

combination with a brushing cylinder and` means for feeding a fabric thereto, of a cast off roll disposed below and in advance of the axis of the said cylinder, a plurality of belts driven from said cast oil'` roll, the latter having brush members between the belts, and a series of antifrictional rollsv arranged over and engaging a portion of the belts at a point to where the fabric leaves the belts to equalize the treatment of the fabric by the brushing cylinder, the said frictional rolls being yieldingly supported and receiving motion only through the movements of the belts and the fabric thereunder.

ln testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JOHN MCCREARY.

EDWARD J. MCCREARY. 

